InstaWeek2

Wow, I'm actually carrying on with this instagram thing... 

SO yeah, it's not been the most eventful of weeks...well, actually it has but these pictures didn't quite capture the good times, because I was, well, you know, living them haha.

Ahh this week has been pretty pleasant actually. It started well and has ended well!

Tuesday was steak night so me and two of my bestest went for steak and a drink and to watch a bit of football.  Marvellous as usual and so nice to catch up! Then one of my friends left and Vicky and I went off to see our good bud Ogo at open mic in Hannah's bar and had a cocktail or two!

Then I took a picture of the 'Wig-Wam' Cathedral while we waited for our cab. I love that about Liverpool, you stand on Hope Street and you can see a Cathedral either end! I think that's pretty special!

SO I have this thing for Robert De Niro. I love him. So I watched The Deer Hunter. If you haven't seen it, you should give it a gander it's pretty bloody good!!

If you know me and are reading this then you'll probably be sick of my adoration for Natasha Lyonne. Ican't even help it though. I love her even more than De Niro. I just think she's incredible and I whole heartedly love her as Nicky in OITNB (obviously) but watching interviews with her and stuff, she's pretty amazing, and I totally want to be her best mate, and that accent!!! It's my favourite. (But yeah, LOVE Slums of Beverly Hills)

This was my Friday.

This is my best mate. My Nan. Janet. Took her shopping on Saturday morning, which is always hilarious because my Grandad does his own thing and walks off with the trolley and she's usually gabbing away and doesn't realise. Also, that cardigan she's wearing, I wore it to her house one time and she made me go buy her the same one. Twinz. 

Still couldn't get rid of the green tinge in my hair from the Washed Up Mermaid so I shoved a bottle of Rose on it again to try and fade it out again...hoping it works this time. So, yeah, I have pink hair at the minute!! Fun fun....

Saturday night. Well, Saturday night turned out to be a lot more than I expected. I haven't laughed that much in a long time! Spent the night listening to old music on YouTube and being hilariously serenaded until about 5am. It was the best. ever.

Had a lazy Sunday chilling with my family and trying to tune my little uke. Wish I could re-do the end of this week again right now. Definitely got Monday blues creeping in but I'm hoping for more of the same next week!!

Man! I Feel Like A Woman

WELL, let me explain a little here..... I am constantly being moaned at or told I dress like a boy.

I DO NOT CARE.

I've been making effort since Christmas and bought some dresses and stuff for when I go on nights out, but to be completely honest, I feel like a bit of a fake when I wear them.

I DO wear dresses, I like dresses, but I just don't feel right 'dressed up', if you know what I mean?

I can do casual/dressy no problemo, but, I don't know, I'm not the kind of girl who sits around all day with her rollers in getting ready. I do indulge in the odd bit of tan and will occasionally curl my hair or put rollers in my fringe, but that's about it!

I don't ever enjoy myself if I'm dressed up, I'm constantly aware of my dress or shoes or bag or whatever, it's so annoying. I used to wish I was one of those girls, but I really don't care for it, I've tried to be and it's just not me!

I'm so much happier in jeans and a top or a DRESS and tights and boots, and my trusty leather jacket.

I used to dress up because I felt bad because me and one friend in particular go out all the time together and she loves dressing up and all that and because I didn't, she wouldn't.

She says dressing up  makes her feel 'sexy' and I suppose if people are always coming up and chatting you up then I guess that's how you'll feel but I HATE that kind of thing, I'm really awkward and if anyone comes over I automatically just cringe. I hate the word 'sexy' because I don't think I need to feel sexy at all, but I probably have felt my sexiest ever when I have been comfortable, whether that was in pj's or a jumper or I don't know, a onesie?! haha but that's all down to the situation, I don't feel sexy having to constantly pull my dress down or my feet are throbbing. She doesn't get that though. Some people just have 'sexy' about them I guess.

I suppose it does all come back around to boys, the boys I know, well  the ones I would even consider going near, aren't really interested in if I wear heels, or a dress, or make up. The boy's I like have said it doesn't matter what I look like dolled up, I'm better without it all, and that's how I feel too. I told her this and she was like, "Nah, boy's say that but they all love it when a girl has the wow factor. You should look amazing when you next see him!' Now, this specific person we were talking about, if I dressed up all glam and girly would just look at me like 'Why are you doing this? Who are you?!' He has seen me dressed up plenty for special occasions, and has seen me at my worst, first thing in the morning, and he's probably even seen me vomm a few times, but he has told me I'm fine just the way I am, and he always tells me this.  Maybe people don't tell her that and that's why she thinks that, but I've always had people around me , who KNOW me, and like that about me. Maybe I need to be that person? I'll give it a go. I don't like the thought of dressing up for a boy to look at me and ARGH I don't know! haha I'm rambling on here but yeah, I like being comfortable, then I can be myself, if people don't like that then you know, they can fuck off maybe?!

Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple of little posts on my 'comfy clothes' and my 'going out' clothes - not the girly ones, the ME ones.

Then maybe some people will see, I don't actually dress like a boy. I wear skirts, and make up, and dresses and tights and ballet pumps and I enjoy wearing all of it! I just prefer to wear it all with a leather jacket and comfortable shoes!!

:)

I'll write a shoe post next, just didn't want to make this any longer than it already is!!

Sunday.....

Hmmm... I still havent really figured my blog out. I don't really know what it about or if it's even about anything in particular at all and my posts are pretty sparse because sometimes...... I just don't know what to write.

So, I think I might start a Sunday summary kind of post so that I can at least write one post a week.

I guess it will probably just be about what I've been up to and that sort of stuff. (they may be picture heavy occasionally with drunk/trashy pics!)

SO yeah, here goes week 1.

This has been a weird week, I've not actually done that much...

 I've kind of been unofficially offered two jobs, so that's good...because I'm skint. But we'll see if anything actually  happens with them.....

Went out last Saturday with my two best friends and it was such a good night! Even if my feet were in agony the next day! Thats what dancing in heels til 6am does to you!!

Then had a little girly night in with Vicky on Friday watching tv which was nice!

Saturday and today were pretty sweet, actually, pretty amazing. But a bit of a mess. Oh, and I just happened to fall down the stairs - infront of someone!!! Embarrassing doesnt even cut it. Oopsyyy.

However, I've just had one of those moments when you say something and as soon as the words leave your lips you want to shove them back in, ARGH!!!!

Well here's some pictures from this week!!

Little bit of Christmas in Liverpool

And a couple from Halloween

So yeah, that's about it! :) 

50 random facts about me

So....let's hope I can actually think of 50 facts....I'm not actually interesting.
1. I'm naturally blonde
2. I have an older brother and a younger sister
3. Haribo eggs are the best.
4. I'm a qualified hairdresser
5. I dyed my hair black when I was 14 and hid it under a hat, which I pulled off whilst my mum had her friends round so she couldn't fume.
6. Cheese is the best comfort food. Cheesy chips, cheesy mash, cheese on toast....
7. I can't eat gluten.
8. I want to move to Bondi Beach and marry one of the lifeguards because I am in love with him. (Reidy)
9. I have had my hair most colours, red or forest green were my favourites.
10. I secretly want to be a kardashian, but its too high maintenence for me.
11. I will go to war for my friends.
12. I can be quite cold, I find it probably too easy to cut people out of my life.
13. The nicest thing anyone has ever done for me was secretly make his band learn 'teenage kicks' and play it at their gig because me and my dad used to scream along to it in the car. (this is why this friend is one of the best people on the planet).
14. I am obsessed with peanut butter.
15. I drink bourbon.
16. And cider.
17. I watch Pretty Little Liars over and over.
18. Me and one of my best friends absolutely hated eachother until we were 18.
19. I have had a crush on one of my friends for about...8/9 years.....
20. Cheese always goes on top of beans.
21. I used to get into clubs when I was younger and when I was 15 I threw up all over my friends new shoes. He's still not forgiven me.
22. Dubai is one of my favourite places ever.
23. I am super messy.
24. I'm obsessed with washing my bedding.
25. After watching Sin Nombre, my good film buddy friend Joseph, told me to watch Martyrs. I was so confused.
26. I met one of my best friends, Erica, at work, we bonded over those two films and went on our first date that night.
27. Chilli makes my face and mouth swell....I'm working on building up a tolerance because it's suddenly all I want to eat.
28. I remember everything about people I like. Not important things, but like the smallest details. How I met someone, what they smelled like, what they said....and I never forget.
29. I used to morris dance. (not like the men with ribbon, the one with the really horribly competitive girls)
30. I can't eat broadbeans. I ate one in primary school thinking it was a pea and threw up on my teacher. Vile.
31. I hate being alone at night in my house incase a ghost gets me.
32. I love candles.
33. My sister and I, if we had been told off by my dad, would make him a cup of tea to say sorry and would put salt in it and run away.
34. When I was 8, my brother wouldn't speak to me because I was showing him some self defence moves I had learned and grabbed him by the ears and knee'd him in the nose...and we got it on film.
35. There are 9 years between my brother and I and 3 1/2 years between me and my sister.
36. I am obsessed with crime and murder documentaries, and read loads of real crime books and give myself nightmares.
37. Me and my mate were really into the West Memphis Three case and we went to see Eddie Vedder last year and were late, we walked in just as he was talking about Damien Echols, it was emotional haha. A moment I'll never forget.
38. I was a full on goth as a young teenager.
39. I used to be vegan.
40. I would love to have blonde hair again.
41. I have a dog, named Alfie.
42. I had to walk out of Evil Dead because it made my ex feel sick and he doesn't like horror movies. I was so sad...still not seen it.
43. I want 20 kids. Well, no, not 20 but you know, a few.
44. I'm named after a Hall & Oates song.
45. Grande, wet, soy, chai tea latte is my Starbucks drink of choice.
46. I touch everything I walk past in shops, or I have to make a conscious effort to keep my hands in my pocket.
47. I have a 'christmas sandwich' that my friend Jenny made me one year and its the best. Turkey, cheese & onion sensations and black pepper mayo.
48. I have a thing for gingers. Frank Carter, Max Branning etc....
49. Naked Green Machine is the only smoothie I can drink.
50. I'm so hungry now I've written about so much food.

Competition Entry

So, as I said before (see previous post), here are a few pics from my competition.

I couldn't get very many because, well, because I was busy with her face!....

Introducing my lovely Vee.....

I just went for a romantic woodland windswept kind of look...... I enjoyed doing her make up sooo much! especially her lips!...We even went the pub for a celebratory lunch and she wouldn't take her make up off! What a babe!

Summer Daze...

Hooray!!! Summer is finally here!!! Maybe not weather wise, but I have finished college!!

I am now a level 2 qualified hairdresser! Feels like it has taken forever to get here! The last few months have been mad busy with college, with us starting in January instead of September and having to fit all that work in...ridiculous!!!! But, ALAS! it is done!!....and I am free!! Until September anyway because I am going back to do a colour specialist level 3 course!! I can't wait!

I kind of lost all motivation this year and lost interest in a lot of things and guess I have been in a bit of a rut, but  feel like I'm out of it and for some reason I have been feeling so happy and motivated today! I'm not complaining of course! Feels good to feel a little more comfortable with myself!

So, a lot more blogging from me this summer! :)

I'm trying to think of what I've been up to since I last wrote, truth is, not a lot!
I've either been in college, work or asleep! I'm allllways tired!

I've been out a few times. Open mic is one (two) of my favourite nights of the week. Tuesdays are awesome because it's also 2 cocktails for £8 and its a crazy mix of people who get up! Whereas  Sunday's are more of a tradition, whiskey and coke and Dave the Poet who always end with 'MOVE BITCH GET OUT THE WAY'....who doesn't love a pensioner who sings Ludacris??? We've also met a really cool friend through open mic, he's from Boston, and therefore that is his name, he does the best covers! He goes home soon though, and  it won't be the same without him and his R Kelly and Whitney covers!!

Haven't really been doing any mad nights out, just 'drinks' .... which leads to bed at 5am....

Anyways, yes! I'll be blogging a lot more now I have time!! So here's hoping some lovely people are reading this!! :)

p.s please excuse my dinosaur of a phone...blame Bradley and Jo from Sclub 7 for my other phone breaking.

Happy New Year.

SO, here it is....2013. We made it! haha!

2012 was an odd one.

Started off the year with a pretty grim outlook BUT, turns out it wasn't that bad of a year!

Made some new friends, made some decisions and  things started to look up after my birthday!

Got accepted onto my college course I've been applying to get on for the last few years! Finally get to do hairdressing and start making some pennies!!

Talked to this weirdo til 6am by the water ... stayed in touch with that weirdo and got myself a boy :).

One of the sweetest, most annoying creatures I have ever had the pleasure of knowing...and I know some pretty annoying people.

Went on holiday with my Mum and sister and it overlapped with my best friend so we got to spend a whole day together drinking cocktails!

My other best friend had a new baby girl, who is the tiniest, most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

My cousin got an AMAZING new job in Abu Dhabi so I now have more reason to fly Emirates haha!

Looking back now at 2009/2010/2011, this year has been really quite easy and  I think that's why it has flown by. Other than me being ill for the last leg of it, 2012 brought some wonderful things with it, I feel like such a lucky girl, but now I can't wait to see what 2013 has to offer!! - LOADS I hope!

Hopefully some travel, better health, a job I love, and more happy times and happy people!!

I never stick to resolutions so I'm not even going to bother, I'm just setting myself a few small guidelines:

Make the most of every moment I have, even the bad times (occasionally I do LOVE a good argument to cleanse the mind! ha!), look after myself, no drinking unless it's a special occasion, eat better for better skin and overall health and a better immune system, enjoy the treats!, exercise and meditate more, sleep more, drink more water and last but not least, save some money!!!

Basically do all of these things to make myself happy!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

hope you all have the best year ever and enjoy every moment!!

The Wanderer Returns...

So, I'm back from my travels.....and I'm kinda glad to be honest. I missed my bed and I don't do well sunbathing and the like. I mean, I was in Dubai for nearly two months and wasn't bored once but real 'holidays' where my mum goes to relax, stress me out so bad. I can't sit still and end up walking around by myself or sitting on the balcony reading and listening to music, so I always feel like it's wasted on me.

It was lovely though, I love Protaras in Cyprus, I've been twice before and will definitely be going again.

Anywhere with Greek food is fine by me. I love all the ancient Greek history and all the mythology and all of that, I've been obsessed with it since I was a kid. I always feel sad when I go to Cyprus though and we go on the Aphrodite boat trip and look at Famagusta (The Ghost Town), from miles away. Makes me really sad that those poor people just got turfed out of their own homes and have never returned. Sucks, what a waste. It's not used for anything, it's just empty, so how pointless and ridiculous??!!

I do love looking at it though, it's kind of eerie and always seems to look like it has a black cloud over it and all the buildings are dark which is really weird because all along the coast it white and cream and blue but as you scan along the coast line, that part is grey and dark. weird.

I know you can go into Famagusta and look around, but I don't think I would.

Yeah, so, anyway, I always get distracted, it's quite annoying, but yes, it was lovely, I love the beach and the sea and all that, I just can't sit there all day and  bake I get all fidgety and restless, and hyper and really annoying to whoever I'm with, but I can't help it. So we went the beach more than we normally do, and the pool a lot less than we usually do, I must admit I liked the sea a lot more than the pool this time round...was wayyy warmer!!

We also did a lot of walking around and eating - of course! I think I went into every single souvenir shop on the strip every night looking for something to get for my friend, because I told her I'd bring her something back, and I'm normally great at getting little bits for people but I didn't find a thing I liked enough to buy her, which was annoying.

I had some amaaaazing food out there, I definitely put on far too many holiday lbs!! haha oh well, I enjoyed every bite!! I had stifado, kleftico, moussaka and tzatzsiki ( spelling?). I am obsessed with Greek food. It's just sooooo good!!! Greek bread is pretty awesome too, especially Greek Pitta. YUM.

Also, loooads of drinks! I had a mango and passion fruit daiquiri whoch I've never had before but it was ridiculous, then we went to a little mexican place and got frozen margaritas which I normally love but I could not for the life of me drink it! It nearly blew my socks off! It was sooo strong and I can't drink tequila unless it's flavoured or a frozen margarita. I could have been a fire breather after that one! My mum drank it though!! haha

The cocktails are super cheap over there and my best friend's last day there was my first day so it was awesome that we got to spend the afternoon drinking cocktails together because she was the first person I went there with! We ended up talking about all sorts of stuff, the way you do when you've had a few too many, and we got talking about an old friend, so we sent her a text and arranged a night out for tomorrow, and I am really excited to see her. Weird how fast time can go by and you lose touch with people. It should be a super fun night because we used to be the three musketeers and we shall be reunited once again! yay!!

My Mum's birthday is on the 7th of this month and she said because we got her so much for mothers day she didn't want a big fuss, so of course we couldn't not do anything so we thought we'd celebrate over there, so we took her to a posh restaurant and then for frozen cocktails in a swanky little lounge/bar thing (which turned out to be stupidly cheap) and then we took her for breakfast and a boat trip the next day. It was really nice actually, even though my brother wasn't there with us! I wouldn't mind celebrating her birthday there every year! haha! She had a nice time anyway so that was good!!

But yeah, came back to rain, wind and cold........ and its friggin' great!!! :)

Went out looking for boots today and got so excited about the weather and starting college soon!!

I think I've rambled a tad bit there...so here's some pics instead....

Will do a separate outfit post tomorrow!!